UFC Fighter deals with anti -Semitism at the self -defense seminar while Hamas hostage reaches 500 days
Israeli ufc fighter Natan Levy marked 500. Dan of the Feathers Held the Hamas in Gaza by teaching a self -defense course.
“For years, but especially from October 7th, anti -Semitism has been on the rise and re -raising your nose. Especially today in 500 days it is important to strengthen the community,” Levy told Fox News Digital ahead of the New York seminar.
Levy expressed hope that all hostages would return from Gaza, and he said Fox News Digital about getting the opportunity to put on former Hamas as a hostage Andre Kozlov. The UFC fighter said it was “his honor to meet him and train him.”
UFC fighter Natan Levy prepares to teach the self -defense seminar with a standstrong. (Fox News Digital)
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While Anti -Semitism is on the riseLevy told Fox News Digital that he did not want the Jews to see themselves as sacrifices, and he wants the world to know that “Jews are not those to mess with. We are not your punching bag.”
The seminars that Levy surrender is directed towards the Jewish community, but emphasizes that “everyone who feels like he is harassed, who feels like he is targeted.”
At the seminar on February 17, Levy taught a group of students of all ages in Renzo Gracie Rockland, a New York gym. Levy showed students different techniques for defense and correcting the usual beginner errors.
UFC fighter Natan Levy shows a shot during a seminar in New York. (Fox News Digital)
Standstrong was founded in 2020 after statistics came out of the University of Illinois that 64% of Jewish students at the campus at some point denied that the Jew was. The organization focuses on teaching self -defense skills to provide students with the opportunity to “proudly oppose the one who are and in what they believe.”
Ted Schwartz, the founder of Standstrong, seems to “unite Jewish and non-Jewish students to stand against hatred and terror,” the organization on his website writes.
The Israeli Ufc Fighter Natan Levy teaches a seminar in New York. (Fox News Digital)
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Asked how the organization united with Levy, Standstrong CEO Matt Travers told Fox News Digital that this happened “very organic” through social media. The mission “echoed immediately” UFC Star.
“When it delivers teaching, there is an extra excitement, it is inspiring to see someone at a very elite level at what they do, taking time to return to communities,” Traversa told Fox News Digital.
“He is not only an uprising against hatred, but someone young people can look at them to see their culture or their identity represented at the highest level of martial arts. Showing that the Jewish community can be strong, proud and that they will defend themselves when necessary.”
Self -defense class taught by UFC fighter Natan Levy. (Fox News Digital)
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On the eve of the one -year anniversary of Hamas’ attacks on Israel, the Clevet League (ADL) announced that from October 7, 2023 to 24 September 2024, he recorded the highest number of incidents since he began since he began monitoring of data in 1979.
Of the 10,000 anti -Semitic incidents he recorded, Adl says there were more than 8,015 cases of verbal or written harassment and over 150 physical attacks.
